Residents evacuated after suspicious fire at Brooklyn Park
Where: Marion Road, Brooklyn Park, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
Police are investigating a suspicious fire at Brooklyn Park.
At 7.30pm on Thursday 22 October, police and fire crews were called to a housing complex on Marion Road, Brooklyn Park, following reports of a mattress on fire in a stairwell.
Residents from nearby units were evacuated while firefighters extinguished the blaze.
The fire caused structural damage to the stairwell, however, no surrounding units were damaged.
Western District detectives and Crime Scene Investigators attended the scene and are investigating the incident.
Police believe the fire is suspicious and are asking anyone who witnessed the incident or has information that may assist the investigation to contact Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or free call 1800 333 000. You can remain anonymous.
— SA PoliceCrime in the West Torrens council area
West Torrens is a council area in South Australia with about 66,547 residents. It has a Crime Score 60 out of 100 (high), 121st of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (84th percentile), assault (48th percentile), break-ins (70th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 57.
- Violent
- 939 per 100k
- Property
- 5,389 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 673 per 100k
- Theft
- 2,418 per 100k
See the full West Torrens crime profile
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